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clitellum
English
Etymology
From New Latin clitellum, from Latin cl?tella (singular noun), cl?tellae (“packsaddle”, plurale tantum).
Noun
clitellum (plural clitella)
- (biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in which the eggs are deposited.
Synonyms
- saddle
- clitellus (uncommon, obsolete)
Translations
References
- clitellum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- multicell
Latin
Noun
cl?tellum n (genitive cl?tell?); second declension
- (New Latin) clitellum
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:clitellum.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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girdle
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???dl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????dl?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English girdel, gerdel, gurdel, from Old English gyrdel, from Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz (“girdle, belt”), equivalent to gird +? -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäddel (“belt”), West Frisian gurdle, gurle, gurl (“belt”), Dutch gordel (“belt”), German Gürtel (“belt”), Yiddish ??????? (gartl, “belt”) (whence English gartel), Swedish gördel (“girdle”), Icelandic gyrðill (“girdle”).
Noun
girdle (plural girdles)
- That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
- A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
- The zodiac; also, the equator.
- 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope
- that gems the starry girdle of the year
- 1782, William Cowper, Expostulation
- from the world's girdle to the frozen pole
- under the girdle of the world
- 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope
- The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
- The clitellum of an earthworm.
- The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
Translations
Derived terms
- notch girdle
- peel girdle
Verb
girdle (third-person singular simple present girdles, present participle girdling, simple past and past participle girdled)
- (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
- (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
girdle (plural girdles)
- (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle
References
Anagrams
- Gilder, gilder, girled, glider, gridle, regild, ridgel
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